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| Title | H.A. Taine, ed. with Engl. notes and intr. notice by H. van Laun. (Selections from mod. Fr. authors). Issue 28 of H.A. Taine, ed. with Engl. notes and intr. notice by H. van Laun., Hippolyte Adolphe Taine |
| Author | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine |
| Editor | Henri van Laun |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2006 |
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